Charges of attempted police hit dropped

Charges against a Bargara man, who allegedly offered to pay an associate to kill a police officer late last year, have been dropped in Bundaberg Magistrates Court in south-east Queensland.

Yesterday, the court heard medical evidence that the prosecution's main witness, Daniel Rain, has a history of heavy drug use.

Glenn Anthony Hamilton, 34, was charged with attempting to procure assault and murder and attempting to pervert the course of justice - those charges have been dropped while a new charge of threatening a prosecution witness was tendered to the court.

Hamilton pleaded guilty to that charge.

The prosecution told the court, Hamilton instructed his wife to arrange for a witness to be dragged to the police station to change a statement he had made to police.